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I'm busy practicing my flash (and low light) photography at the moment, so yesterday when I was asked to (out of the blue) photograph an event for the local school, I jumped at the opportunity.
Grabbed my camera bag and off I went.
Turned out to be about 20 children bashing away at the driving range. Ideally I would have liked to have positioned myself in front of the kids to get some good action shots, but due to my fear of high velocity munitions (aka golf balls) I opted for the safe option of standing behind the kids!!!
So, lighting wise. Where the children stood, dim light. Looking out down the range bright grass and sky. A challenge for me.
My initial attempts hinged around TV (shutter priority) and a suitable ISO. Also tried AV (aperture priority) and fully manual. Method wise, I pre-focused on the subject, used FEL (flash exposure lock) and then recomposed. All quite a challenge with fast moving kids. As most of the shots were very similar I eventually decided to change the auto-focus point so that I didnt need to recompose every time.
So, in the grand scale of things how tricky were these conditions?
As Im always keen to pick up tips from the more experienced any tips you could give me?
Finally, a quick bit of maths and Ive found that about 75% of my shots are good. I could salvage more as I shot in RAW, plus the purpose of the shots is just for the web page so quality is not of massive importance.
Grabbed my camera bag and off I went.
Turned out to be about 20 children bashing away at the driving range. Ideally I would have liked to have positioned myself in front of the kids to get some good action shots, but due to my fear of high velocity munitions (aka golf balls) I opted for the safe option of standing behind the kids!!!
So, lighting wise. Where the children stood, dim light. Looking out down the range bright grass and sky. A challenge for me.
My initial attempts hinged around TV (shutter priority) and a suitable ISO. Also tried AV (aperture priority) and fully manual. Method wise, I pre-focused on the subject, used FEL (flash exposure lock) and then recomposed. All quite a challenge with fast moving kids. As most of the shots were very similar I eventually decided to change the auto-focus point so that I didnt need to recompose every time.
So, in the grand scale of things how tricky were these conditions?
As Im always keen to pick up tips from the more experienced any tips you could give me?
Finally, a quick bit of maths and Ive found that about 75% of my shots are good. I could salvage more as I shot in RAW, plus the purpose of the shots is just for the web page so quality is not of massive importance.
